Spinning jenny

Period

c. 1764

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The spinning jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialisation of textile manufacturing during the early Industrial Revolution. It was invented in 1764–1765 by James Hargreaves in Stanhill, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire in England.

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Earlier and later events nearby

1. 1642–1651English Civil War
2. 1687Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
3. 1688–1689Glorious Revolution
4. c. 1764Spinning jennyThis page
5. 1776Watt steam engine
6. 1796Jenner's smallpox vaccine
7. 1848The Communist Manifesto

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